A touching memorial to a British TV artist.
As it so happens, the reason we haven’t found any evidence of life may be our own dang fault.
And as long as we’re linking to New Scientist: Pfizer is giving free Viagra to the unemployed.
A Journey Round My Skull on the forgotten illustrator Joan Kiddell-Monroe. Seriously, this is steadily becoming my new favorite blog (also for the record its namesake is pretty great too).
By the way, did you see this in our video section: A TED talk by Mary Roach on 10 things you didn’t know about the orgasm. You’re welcome Stephen.
The Codex Gigas, or Devil’s Bible, is the biggest surviving European manuscript. It is rad.